Helen loses her job and takes the London underground
home.In one universe, in which she just
barely makes it through the sliding doors and meets the lovely Scottish James,
she gets home to find her boyfriend Gerry in bed with his old girlfriend
Lydia.In a parallel universe, in which
the sliding doors of the underground close in her face, she gets home much
later, after the old girlfriend Lydia has left.

The film flips back and forth between the two stories. In the
one in which she catches and ditches Gerry, she falls in love with her
underground friend James. In the other one she suspects Gerry of infidelity. In
both Gerry is desperate to break with Lydia because he really truly loves
Helen.But we know better. James is so
much nicer…

It’s a confusing but very likeable film.Gwyneth Paltrow and John Hannah are utterly
charming together. John Lynch is very earnest but Gerry is essentially a jerk.
Lydia is simply awful.

It’s a comedy, but quite sad as good comedies are.It takes an unexpected grim turn at the end
but sliding doors do their thing again…

It’s a nice film.It
would have been nicer if Gerry wasn’t so dumb and Lydia so obnoxious.A pity. Still…